Example sentences of "running [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE national lottery may be new in the UK but in Spain the big gamble game has been running for 180 years . |
| 2 | Mark Turnball , one of the business partners behind Lemmings , said the firm had been running for two years , organising events in many parts of the country . |
| 3 | ‘ In Basildon only 32 out of 8,000 homes were sold and in Scotland where it has been running for two years only 223 out of 6,000 tenants have bought houses . |
| 4 | The scheme has been running for 11 years . |
| 5 | A number of experiments on bone modification in soil have been initiated , but they have only been running for five years and so far there is no good evidence of any change . |
| 6 | The centre 's been running for four years and is still looked after by Andy Middleton who set it up . |
| 7 | The unofficial sanctuary has been running for four years and is now looking after more than a hundred animals . |
| 8 | Although it has been running for 13 years , few sites have so far been cleaned up to the EPA 's satisfaction . |
| 9 | Take the High Road , which has been running for 13 years , does n't make the ratings tables because it is not slotted in a peak viewing time across the country . |
| 10 | The worry for regular viewers to the series which has been running for 19 years , is that the ethos of the programme may be changed to pander to the larger English audience . |
| 11 | Unit trust savings schemes had been running for 20 years , but investment trust savings schemes did not start until 1984 . |
| 12 | Once the scheme has been running for 20 years or more , claimants will not build up any more 80ths . |
| 13 | Among the host of popular classes that have been running for several years — upholstery , art , body conditioning , keep fit , body talk , jazz dance , electronic organ , and two levels of French — there are also the more recent additions of appreciation of poetry , yoga for beginners and dressmaking . |
| 14 | This new magazine is modelled on the successful ‘ English Civil War Notes & Queries ’ which has been running for several years . |
| 15 | ‘ I 've been running for several years but only up to half marathon distance , ’ he says . |
| 16 | But the rehabilitation centre which has been running for 21 years could be closed within the year . |
| 17 | Sun , which claims an installed base of some 2,000 machines in Ireland , has had an operation up and running for three years . |
| 18 | The BA Honours Degree in Retail Marketing , formulated by JS and Manchester Metropolitan University , has been running for three years and the two parties have now formally signed a contract securing the future of the programme . |
| 19 | Erm my course has only been running for three years . |
| 20 | Cos it 's only been running for three years |
| 21 | The Milk Race , which has been running for 25 years , is like a wagon train as it winds its way through the country . |
| 22 | ‘ The class has been running for 2½ years ’ What stamina ! |
| 23 | Plans are also being earmarked for a global Asian television station to be up and running within five years . |
| 24 | If the developers succeed in winning over Environment department inspector , Roy Foster , they plan to be up and running in three years . |